Fact ChecksMiscaptioned
Miscaptioned This rating indicates visual media (photo or video) is authentic (i.e., it is not the product, partially or wholly, of digital manipulation or artificial intelligence software) but is nonetheless misleading because its accompanying material falsely describes its origin, context or meaning. Learn more about our rating system here.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 8, 2015
A 'vintage color photograph' from 1941 showing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was actually ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 2, 2020
A photograph truly shows a large group of people gathered in Germany … in 1997 … for a music fes ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 16, 2020
It appears some TikTok users were unable to identify an easily identifiable flying object.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 15, 2020
It may come as a surprise to some, but more than one person has the name "George Floyd."
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2020
The problem with most online "predictions" is that they seem to occur after an event takes place ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 27, 2020
Chauvin is the former Minneapolis police officer identified in news reports as the killer of Geo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 17, 2020
A genuine photograph circulated with a misleading caption.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 26, 2018
It's not just the chickens who are scared by what's seen in this video.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 13, 2019
A cultural center was indeed destroyed in Gaza in August 2018, but a viral meme contains some in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 30, 2018
A seemingly innocuous video shows neither a rat nor a shower.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 15, 2017
Although Robert Mueller is a Vietnam veteran, a viral photograph doesn't actually show the forme ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 29, 2012
Photograph shows horses beneath giant furniture supposedly constructed to skirt a prohibition ag ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 27, 2022
Shout-out to people on Twitter who provide evidence in their replies that shows the original twe ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 18, 2022
Social media posts claimed that the video was a real commercial for the Pop Rocks candy product ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 13, 2022
There's no shortage of misleading online memes about electric vehicles.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 30, 2022
The miscaptioned clip — which is actually from a television show — surfaced on social media as w ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 20, 2022
A YouTube video showed a thumbnail of a young boy being placed into handcuffs, but it had nothin ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Aug. 25, 2022
Long lost lovers, or mortal enemies?
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 23, 2022
If this was an episode of the old "Friends" TV show, it would probably be titled, "The One with ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 9, 2022
True or false, you'll only catch us "sky camping" inside the cabin of an airplane.
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